Fergus County argus., 1887-01-27
LOCAL NEWS.

Mere delayed mails.
More c,,ssin. ON general principles.
Power X Bro. have "a new lot Of stoves.
The Chinook and BRIDEGROOM have failed
Ia arrive.
New supply of Boots & Shoes ut Power
& Bros.
Liquid court plaster AT the Boston Phar-
macy. I
do to Power 4 Bv. for Quilts and
Bla ankcts. I
sheriff Beck returned from Maiden first
of the week.
Fine lot "f clothing jurt received at
Power 4 Bros. I
Dance To morrow night at Richard hail,
come one, come all.
Our daily mail continues to arrive On an
average of once week.
Large supply Of furniture and bedding at
7. &. Power Il Bros store.
Another new lot Of drugs and fancy goods
arrived ut the Boston Pharmacy.
silk Ilan,lkerchiefs, Mufiicrs and n large
assortment Of Gloves * Mitts. at Power
n Bros.
The official roster Of Territorial and
Fergus county officers will be found on our
first page.
The probate Judge. clerk and recorder
aud clerk of court have received their
official seals.
Geo. Stafford expcctsto 60 to the Springs
in afcw days. lie will spend the remainder
of the winter there.
Judge Toombs yesterday tried the case of
Papillon vs.. pundom. The jury returned
~ verdict for defendants, with costs.
The latest dccision of the Probate Judge
is the Boston Pharmacy is reliable place
to buy your drugs, fancy goods and toilet
articles.
\ wedding was to have occurred at the
Day House ON Wednesday Of last week but
owing To the non-appearance Of the groom
the nup,ials were indefinitely post ponei.
Notwithstanding the many favorable
reports CO tn the Independent aud other
papers of the tergitory, there is no denying
the fact that this If II hard winter on stock,
at beast in this scction.
The AHGrs building il now decorated with
u new sign which can he seen from the
quakcnaspen thicke,s of the Snowies To
the Pigs Eye basin of the Belts. Mr.. +. \.
Kennedy is the artist aud il reflects credit
,o his skill with the brush.
We learn that Mr.. Howard Baird of
Phi'brook had his les broken the first Of
Last week, at SIR. Goodell's ranch by n
horse crowding him over pole in the sta
blo. THIS unfortunate accident will con
fine Mr.. II. to the house for the rest Of the
winter.
The advertisement of L. \. Kennedy, the
painter will be found in another column.
Parties throughout the basin needing work
done in his line should give him "A trial
Mr.. Kennedy. aside from being Il practical
house. sign and carriage painter is quite
handy as taxi(,ermi.t.
From 80 to $50 actually saved by pur-
chasing through stage and railroad ticket
To points in United States and Canada, via
Killings, Benton and Maiden Stage Lime.
Covered coaches to the railroad. Ctsaice Oi
routes from IT. Pau, allowed purchaser OF
ticket. For rates and further particulars, 1
call ON or address, \. NJ. Thompson. agent.
Maiden, n. 4.
There should be u live man in every COM
munity to furnish the nearest newspaper
with all items of interest. Such a man In
useful to his section in keeping the public
posted in it's advantages and development. |
-';azette. This is quite true. A com
munity can aid and improve their local
paper 10y sending II few items each week 1
or by'writing on subjects Of general inter |
est. Wewould like to hear from Mr. Ettcin |
again.
The billings Gazette has changed hands,
Mr.. 4. II. Camp, II hardware merchant Of
Billings, and recently county treasurer OF
Yellowstone county. being the purchaser.
Mr. Camp, although inexperienced in the
newspaper business, is a gentleman Of
much energy and ability, and will n" doubt
furnish the citizens of that thriving town
with paper that will do credit to them and
himself. We wish him success in his new
venture. Mr.. :. =. Panton. an able and
ready writer, has been employed as assist
ant editor.
From $. T.. Flowers of The East Fork, we
learn that ON Monday morning Of this week
the dwelling property 1.-TWO houses) of
Louis Ray was entirely consumed by fire.
Household goods were sa we'd but "a winters
supply of vegetables stored in the cellar
were also lost. Mr.. Ray is comparatively
a newcomer in the county, arriving here
last July from Oregon. lie has "A large (
family and his loss at this time of the year
il quite heavy blow. The firecaucht from
- detective Hue.
g. l.. Hassett, the TIBET horse grower.
made us n brief call this morning Mr..
Iiassctt came i'm yesterday from tibet, and
SAYS the roads are ia bad shape. lie passed
the mail coach at Rock creek. II contained
two or three passengers, one of the number
II lady, and at that time were struggling to +
ext fic.,tr themselves from ii snow drift.
Mr.. IIass.tt says there will br good deal
ri 'c;,ttlc skinnins'' in the Mussrl-iell
valley nrNt spring. In nthat SECTION snow is
deep and grass short.